blessings...

I am thankful for my amazing husband, my son, our home, family (near and far), friends, and my savior. We have been so blessed this year and its nice to take a moment at Thanksgiving to give thanks for it all. We were blessed this year to be able to celebrate and give thanks with our ICS family. Christine and I hosted a meal here in the clubhouse of our estate for around 70 of our school "family". When you are far from your family, these people do become like family to you. What a blessing to spend the holiday with them. Everyone brought the most amazing food and the meal was a huge success!

Christine and I with our turkeys!

Jack with one of his favorite people, Elise...

Jacks new love...

I came home from the store sat. with my trusty luggage cart towing all the groceries. Jack saw the cart, and it was love at first sight! We folded the handle over to make it shorter and let him push away. The rest of Sat, right up until bed time he was a busy pusher! it was so fun to watch him!

I really like this pictures of my two boys in their matching jeans and sweatshirts :o)

Food....YUM!

Right now its seems Jack will eat anything! Here are a few of the foods he ate with us over the weekend.....

INDIAN!

THAI (He loves these noodles more than anything!)

and Popcorn! :o) Although, who doesn't like popcorn!

Husbands in Training...

We are working hard to make sure from the start that our boys grow up to be caring and responsible men. Here are the training exercises from this week :o) Or more realistically here, here are the boys getting into trouble :o)

the park!

Earlier this week we headed over to a friends house for a morning of kid fun and mom time as well. We took the kids to a park near by and they had a blast!

We put four kids in two swings! They didn't seem to mind and it was SO cute!

Jack really was loving it. He was really tired, so kind of in a giddy mood :o)

Lifes a beach!

We have a long weekend with Monday being a holiday, so we decided to enjoy the amazing weather. We went camping on a beautiful beach here in Hong Kong for Sat. night and had a great time. We hiked in to the beach in the morning, with a quick stop off at a rock pool, with a place to jump off. That is where we took the great family pic, where Jack is under the hat :o)

Overlooking where we are going to camp. Bryan carried Jack and I carried all our stuff. They were pretty even loads :o). We didn't bring a tent (rented one out there) or any food (theres a Chinese restaurant on the beach). So we were able to hike in pretty light....

Enjoying a late lunch with our friends and setting up the tent. Then we cooled off with a nice dip in the ocean. Jack had the time of his life. He really doesn't seem bothered by the salt water.

After playing hard, Jack passed out in the tent for a nap! :o)

Here's our early morning sand time with Jack. He slept like a super star during the night (way better than Bryan and I), but was up with the light shortly after 6 :o)

We spent today hiking to an even more remote beach and swimming some more before taking a boat back to civilization. I think we were all glad we didn't have to hike out. What a great way to enjoy the weather, nature, family and great friends!

Fall Festival

This past sat. was the annual ICS Fall Festival. Bryan had to go early for some duties, but Jack and I made it in after a morning nap. He loved exploring and checking everything out. We enjoyed catching up with other teachers and parents, what a great day!

We got Jack a Mickey Mouse balloon hat, he wore it for a long time...

Mickey Mouse Meltdown!

Jacks treat of the day was enjoying his very first juice box. It was also the first time he has had juice, and he really enjoyed it! So fun to see his excitement...

Jack enjoyed playing a few games at the fair. We waited until the end of the day when the lines were gone... Patience is not a virtue he knows yet :o)